Aldrich finished his work for the day and drove home. As soon as he parked the car in the garage, his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Ferguson.
"Aldridge, Rooney's transfer fee, please name a price that we can agree on. If it's too high, Manchester United will give up. If it's appropriate, we'll finalize the transfer. Can't we drag it out like this?"
Aldridge walked into the living room. The house was deserted. He was the only one, and he lay down on the couch without any business and said into the phone: "Chelsea is willing to pay 45 million pounds."
"How about you sell Rooney to your mortal enemy?"
"I'm ready to sell Ashley Cole to Chelsea."
"How do you explain it to the fans?"
"The fans asked him to get out as soon as possible, but where he goes is related to my personal interests, because I want to give an explanation to others, will it cost me millions, or even tens of millions of pounds? I cultivated him, I achieved him,
Then, when I sever ties with him, aren't you allowed to maximize my interests?"
"Then why are Millwall still talking to Manchester United?!"
"Because although I care about profits, I don't care about anything. I can accept a price difference of less than 5 million."
"That means Manchester United has to pay 40 million pounds?!"
"Your initial offer is 30 million pounds. Is it a loss to add an extra 10 million pounds to buy a main striker for the next fifteen years? Now that Henry is injured, if I keep Rooney and give him the main forward position, do you think he can still
Will there be a breakup?"
Ferguson was silent for a long time, and finally said goodbye.
The next day, Millwall reached a transfer agreement with Manchester United, and Rooney moved to Manchester United for 40 million pounds.
After the transfer was announced, it did not cause much excitement except for the amount of the transfer fee.
No one doubts Rooney's strength, but Millwall has better ones, it's that simple.
Another day later, Millwall and Chelsea officials simultaneously announced that three Millwall players would transfer to Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.
Ashley Cole, Robben and Franck Ribery all moved to Stamford Bridge together.
Fleet Street dug around for inside information and eventually learned at Stamford Bridge how much money Chelsea spent on this shocking transfer between the bitter rivals.
The transfer fee reached a staggering £70 million.
From then on, these three players were stigmatized as traitors to the Lions every day they were at Stamford Bridge.
Abu is going crazy with joy!
However, Mourinho was not happy.
The boss gave him a lot of players!
A lineup that exceeded his expectations!
At the same time, Joe Cole was poached to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea's lineup is unprecedentedly strong, but also unprecedentedly bloated!
As a result, many players including Gudjohnsen, Hasselbaink, and Crespo were cleared from the team through fire sales or loan.
On August 4, Millwall held an official press conference.
Aldridge was on hand to introduce Millwall's only signing of the summer to the media.
Reporters who came to the scene after hearing the news had some speculations.
They previously hyped that the future of the Lions in the new season was uncertain. In fact, when the transfer dust settled, as David Miller said, Millwall's soul was not shaken in the slightest.
Robben, Ribery and Rooney are only discussed within the Millwall team. They have not played an important role in the past and their presence is very weak.
The reason for the sensation is simply that two of them left to join archrival Chelsea.
The key point is the departure of Ashley Cole, which is expected to cause serious damage to Millwall.
In addition, Southgate is seriously injured. Based on his age, it can be seen that even if he recovers in the future, he will not be able to have a place in the Lions. Unless the Lions are short of major generals, Southgate will be in danger again and be ordered to shoulder the burden of defense.
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Therefore, in Millwall's recruitment work, outsiders speculate that it must be to fill the back line.
Center back or full back.
However, when the new player came on stage, shook hands with Aldridge, then hugged him, and then took the new jersey from Aldridge, the reporters at the scene were stunned.
Millwall's new signing is a winger!
Moreover, they are old acquaintances!
who?
Glen Shire will celebrate his 27th birthday in a week!
After getting over their surprise, the reporters were relieved. This signing also confirmed that the outside world's speculation about Henry's injury was definitely not optimistic.
Aldridge said with a smile on the stage: "Today Millwall announced the arrival of a new player, Jesper Grunchar. On behalf of the team, I welcome his return. There is nothing more exciting than this moment.
, as the head coach, I am very happy to work with Jesper again."
Glenshire left Millwall to pursue his dream, and now he's back here again.
On the stage, when asked by reporters why he would transfer back to Millwall, Glenchard solemnly replied: "When the boss called me and asked if I was interested in wearing the Lions jersey again,
I answered him without thinking and told him, no problem! I would definitely do it.
Thank you! When I transferred and left, I said that I thought I could not contribute to this great team, so I chose to leave. Now, the boss said that the team needs me, then I will come back, as long as
Millwall need me and wherever I am I will be back!"
About his role within the team.
Grenchar said frankly: "Thierry is injured, and the Lions need to strengthen their front line. Therefore, I came back to play as a substitute. I hope my future performance on the court will satisfy the boss. I am no longer young."
, many years have passed, I have learned a lot and accumulated rich experience. I know that a team needs a role like mine, both
I can contribute to the team and help young players at the same time. I am very happy that the boss invited me to take on such a role as a substitute. It is no problem. The boss understands my strength and characteristics. There are many people I am familiar with here.
Teammates and friends, I believe I can integrate into the team as quickly as possible and then contribute my strength to this great team."
At the end of the press conference, Aldridge's photo with Glenjar became the cover headline of major football media the next day.
As soon as the new Glenchard jerseys were put on the shelves, they were snapped up by Lions fans.
In the context of the recent incident of three players defecting to Stamford Bridge, Grenjar immediately returned to the Lions to wait for orders after being summoned by Aldrich, which made Lions fans love him even more.
Glenchar's return was not as difficult as imagined.
Because Aldridge knows very well that what he wants is a substitute who can fight. Messi is only 17 years old, and due to the impact of congenital physiological diseases, acquired protection is very important. At this important stage of growth, it is important to give him some opportunities to exercise.
Yes, but it cannot be used as a stable substitute.
Glenjar will be an updated transitional role, similar to Larmour in the current lineup.
They may not have a strong sense of presence, but without it, the team's operation will inevitably not be smooth enough, causing headaches for the head coach when needed.
After Glenchar's return, Aldrich's first-team lineup for the new season has also been as complete as expected.
It is impossible for a top-class team to lose many main players in one season. The departure of one or two main players will have an impact, but it will not shake the core. Southgate's departure was planned, but it was too sudden.
Ashley Cole was an absolute surprise.
However, the knock-on effect is that what Aldridge said to Lahm last season began to come true.
Come to Crazy Lion to compete for the number one spot in the world!
Lahm will fill the void left by Ashley Cole.
Southgate was seriously injured, and Nesta's partner, Aldridge chose to put Thiago Silva in the position. He focused on Silva's performance in the America's Cup to see if his performance in the competition can hold up.
Withstanding the pressure, although Silva's performance was not amazing enough, at least he did not make a big mistake. A defender is a role that does not seek merit but no fault. If he does not make mistakes, he will perform well!
August 6th, the day before Community Shield.
Aldridge came to the training ground, and the players took the initiative to help members of the coaching staff arrange the seats in the stadium. Family photos for the new season will be taken today.
Villas-Boas, who was promoted to Aldridge's right-hand first assistant coach, is very happy and talks and laughs with the players. Blanc is mature and prudent and has established his dignity in the past season. Stramaccioni is good at communicating with players.
Respond promptly to player needs or situations that require the coaching staff to be vigilant.
The coaching team has a tacit understanding of their work. The new season is about to come. Although the replacement within the team has not yet been fully formed, the general framework has been finalized. The young and energetic players are ambitious. Aldrich is satisfied with both their energy and ambition.
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When everyone stood in position to take a group photo, Aldrich left his position, walked to the front and turned around to face everyone.
He said with a serious expression: "I know that something happened this summer that worried us, and those negative things interfered with our attention, especially in London. If you don't want to be bombarded by the media, that's impossible.
But the new season starts tomorrow, and I must say something to you, something that the outside world doesn’t know. First of all, we must understand that we don’t need to prove anything to anyone. Millwall is the strongest! You, this team,
It’s the strongest!”
Aldrich paused for a moment.
Many of the players standing in their respective positions nodded, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, who was as serious as a warrior, or Villa, who was heroic.
Millwall is the best, it has been proven over the past ten years and there is no need to prove it anymore.
"If we think in our minds about who to knock down, who to beat, this idea is ridiculous! Now it is someone else who has to knock us down! Just like Chelsea, do we need to keep telling ourselves, do we have to work hard to knock down Chelsea? In the past ten years
, we have never lost to Chelsea! There is always only one person we have to defeat! That is ourselves! If we don’t make mistakes, no one can beat us! The outside world is discussing whether Millwall is as strong as before and whether it can maintain
Living up to the height of our achievements, this is even more
It’s ridiculous! Do they think we have no enterprising spirit? Do we have no ambition to surpass the past? There is only one reality and motivation before me, and that is to surpass! Surpass all teams in this era, surpass us
I can even surpass those familiar golden teams in history! I hope that you can stay with me on the road to achieve this goal! Together, we will go to that unprecedented height and overlook the football world.
, and the history of football.”
After Aldrich finished speaking, he nodded and began to walk back to his seat.
Applause rang out, but no one cheered or roared. The teammates nodded to each other and encouraged each other with persistent and firm eyes.
Aldridge sat down, the applause stopped, and Millwall's new season first team and coaching staff held their heads high together and took a new season family photo.
Attached is Millwall's 2004-2005 first-team squad.
